An Africa Cup of Nations participant has been dominated out of his nation’s subsequent match after struggling a head damage whereas performing a backflip.
Emam Ashour has performed a key function for Egypt at AFCON this month, enjoying all three group stage matches. He starred towards Ghana and Cape Verde – however he has now been dominated out of the last-16 conflict with DR Congo following a weird damage.
The 25-year-old won’t function on Sunday on account of a concussion he suffered throughout coaching. It is reported that the central-midfielder landed on his head whereas performing a backflip.
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He is known to have scored a objective in observe on Wednesday earlier than celebrating in wild trend. Ashour, who performs his soccer for Egyptian aspect Al-Ahly, was attended to by staff physician Mohamed Abou El-Ela for remedy following the incident.
He was then rushed to hospital to endure medical examinations. Following the checks, Ashour was instructed to stay beneath remark for twenty-four hours.
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It marked one other main blow to Egypt’s hopes of securing a primary AFCON title since 2010. The seven-time winners have already had captain and talisman Mohamed Salah dominated out for the rest of the match together with goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy.
Egypt had been nonetheless in a position to end second of their group regardless of their accidents. All three of their fixtures to date have led to 2-2 attracts, coming towards Mozambique, Ghana and Cape Verde.
Meanwhile, Sunday’s opponents DR Congo additionally drew all three of their group stage matches. The Leopards drew their opener with Zambia 1-1. They then clinched a 1-1 draw towards giants Morocco which led to an on and off-field brawl, earlier than cementing their place within the knockout levels with a 0-0 draw towards Tanzania.